Noise maker



Nov. 6, 1962 YlH-HUNG LEE NOISE MAKER Filed Nov. 27, 1959 INVENTOR.

YIH HUNG LEE ATTORNEY nite ate The present invention relates to noise makers of the type that has a noise making member having an elastic band device.

There is a demand for noise makers of the type utilizing the engagement of a rotating member with a surface to produce noises. Those that have been proposed are adapted for very limited uses only and the general objective of the present invention is to provide noise makers of that type that may be used in various ways so that each may not only be manually held with its rotating member disposed to engage suitable surfaces but also positioned between two objects so that when one is moved sufficiently, the member will rotate to produce sounds depending on the nature of the objects and the relative freedom of the member to turn.

This general objective is attained, in accordance with the invention, by providing a noise maker consisting of a frame or holder including a pair of spaced portions, conveniently books. A member is positioned between the pair of portions and so connected thereto by elastic bands that it has a transverse axis of rotation. The member is rotated to twist the bands to render them effective to rotate the member when it is released. As the rotating member strikes any suitable surface, it produces noises Which vary with the nature thereof. In order that the noise maker may be kept wound up, latch means are provided.

In the accompanying drawings, there are shown illustrative embodiments of the invention from which and the accompanying drawings, its objectives, novel features, and advantages will be readily appreciated.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a noise maker in accordance with the invention, and

FIG. 2 is a like view of a modification thereof.

The noise maker illustrated by the drawings consists of a U-shaped frame or holder 1 formed conveniently of relatively stiff wire stock and having its ends in the form of hooks 2. A washer-like member 3 fits freely between the hooks 2 and is attached thereto by elastic bands 4. Each elastic band 4 is passed through the hole of the member 3 and has its ends caught over an appropriate one of the hooks 2.

The elastic bands 4 establish a transverse axis of rotation for the member 3 so that by turning it in one direction the bands 4 become so twisted that, when the member 3 is free to do so, it is turned rapidly thereby and its repeated engagement with a surface produce sounds which vary with the nature of the engaged surface.

As it is often desirable to wind up the noise maker in accordance with the invention and have it ready for use 3,062,540 Patented Nov. 6, 1962 "ice without the necessity of manually holding the member 3 against turning, a latch 5 is provided. The latch 5 is shown as being formed from wire stock with its ends closed about the frame 1 as eyes 6 thus to rotatably and slidably connect it thereto. The latch 5 is of sufiicient length to enable it to be so entered into the hole in the member 3 that rotation thereof is prevented.

While the noise maker may be loosely held against any surface and the member 3 released for rotative engagement therewith, it is also possible to insert it between two objects so that when the upper one is moved slightly, or the pressure therein is sufficiently eased, the member 3 will rotate and produce sounds depending on the rate of its turning and the nature of the material that it strikes.

I claim:

1. A noise maker comprising a holder of thin stock and including a pair of spaced, parallel portions, a thin fiat member fitting freely between said portions and capable of lying in the plane of said portions, elastic means connecting said member to each of said portions for turn ing about a transverse axis enabling said means to be wound in one direction and, when released, to turn the member in the opposite direction on the axis they define to produce sounds as it strikes sound producing surfaces, and a latch carried by said holder for latching engagement with said member, said latch being movably connected to said holder for movement into and out of a member-engaging position, said member including portions for interlocking engagement with said latch, said elastic means enabling said member to be moved away from said axis to permit such interlocking engagement.

2. A noise maker comprising a frame including a pair of spaced hooks, a washer-like member, elastic bands, each elastic band being anchored at its ends to an appropriate one of said hooks and passing through said member to define the axis of rotation of said member, and a latch pivotally connected to said frame with its end capable of extending through the hole of the member when said member is manually moved away from its axis with its hole positioned to receive said latch.

3. A noise maker comprising a U-shaped frame of wire stock whose ends are in the form of hooks, a washer-like member, elastic bands, each elastic band being anchored at its ends to an appropriate hook and passing through said member to establish its axis of rotation, and a latch pivoted to said frame to swing thereabout into and out of a position in which it may be entered into the hole of said member when said member is manually moved away from said axis to permit such entry.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 673,959 Lechtman May 14, 1901 872,962 Niggel Dec. 3, 1907 901,325 Davis Oct. 20, 1908 996,061 Clarke June 27, 1911 

